Hi there,
I’m not the best at typing, so bear with me 😊
He’s a true gentleman, kind, respectful and genuinely easy to get along with. He runs his own clothing business and comes from a well-regarded family.
He’s hoping to meet someone who’s a bit adventurous, committed to praying five times a day and enjoys travelling.
Let me know if this sounds like something you’d be interested in. I promise I’m a pretty great sister-in-law to have 😄
For context, this is my friend’s experience from Wednesday morning in Borella.
He got dropped off at his office around 8:30–9:00 AM in a PickMe tuk. While taking out cash to pay the driver, he accidentally left his phone in the tuk.
He went inside and almost immediately realized. When he tried calling, the phone was already switched off, which was suspicious. Find My Device showed nothing.
He contacted PickMe and they got in touch with the driver. The driver said there was no phone in the tuk. PickMe also refused to share the driver’s details unless a police complaint was filed.
What helped was that my friend quickly got a replacement SIM and logged back into his PickMe account. From the ride history, he was able to get the driver’s details.
At first, the main suspect was the driver. But when my friend called him, he sounded calm, confident and even concerned. He said this has happened before and he has always returned lost items.
He then gave more context: right after dropping my friend, he picked up another passenger from next to my friends office, the IOM Sri Lanka building there was a Chinese woman. She asked to go to Colombo City Centre residence, she stays there for 10 mins after telling him to wait until she returned and then she asked him to bring her back to IOM, he sees her putting her finger print there. She comes back and asks him to drop her off to another location.
He described her as wearing a pink outfit with medium-length hair.
On the way back after her second stop, PickMe headquarters called the driver asking if there was a phone. He said he turned and asked the passenger directly if she had seen one. According to him, she immediately said no but seemed nervous and scared and quickly got off the tuk before even reaching the drop location.
At this point, my friend still wasn’t fully convinced, but the driver continued to cooperate. He even gave his personal number and suggested checking CCTV footage outside the office to try and identify the woman.
My friend then went to the Borella police station, filed a complaint, gave the IMEI number and spoke to the tech officer.
As of now, last night we checked find my device and it says Colombo city center. I believe she stays at the residence there.
What would you do in this situation? Has anyone had success recovering a phone through IMEI tracking in Sri Lanka?
Also, it’s just disappointing overall.